Performance Desktop Chipset Comparison Chart

Intel® 955X Intel® 945G Intel® 945P Intel® 925XE Intel® 925X Intel® 915G Intel® 915P Intel® 915GV Intel® 915GL Intel® 915PL Intel® 910GL Intel® Intel®
Intel® 875P Intel® 865G Intel® 865P
Express Express Express Express Express Express Express Express Express Express Express 865PE 865GV
Chipset Chipset Chipset
Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset

875P 865G 865PE 865P 865GV

HOST 955X Chipset 945G Chipset 945P Chipset 925XE Chipset 925X Chipset 915G Chipset 915P Chipset 915GV Chipset 875P Chipset 915PL Chipset 910GL Chipset
Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset

Entry-Level
Performance
Workstation, Performance Performance Performance Mainstream Mainstream Mainstream Mainstream Mainstream
Target Segment PC, Mainstream Mainstream PC Mainstream PC Mainstream PC Mainstream PC Mainstream PC Mainstream PC
Performance PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC
PC
PC

Intel®
Pentium®
processor
Extreme
Edition,
Intel®
Pentium® D Intel® Intel®
processor, Pentium® D Pentium® D
Intel®
Intel® processor, processor,
Pentium® 4
Pentium® 4 Intel® Intel® Intel® Intel® Intel® Intel® Intel® Intel® Intel®
processor
processor Pentium® 4 Pentium® 4 Intel® Intel® Intel® Intel® Pentium® 4 Pentium® 4 Pentium® 4, Intel® Pentium® 4, Pentium® 4, Pentium® 4, Pentium® 4,
Processor Extreme
Extreme Edition processor with processor with Pentium® 4 Pentium® 4 Pentium® 4 Pentium® 4 processor or processor or Celeron®, or Pentium® 4 Celeron®, Celeron®, Celeron®, Celeron®,
Positioned Edition,
supporting HT Technology, HT Technology, (90nm only) processor processor processor Celeron® D Celeron® D Celeron® D processor or Celeron® or Celeron® or Celeron® or Celeron®
Intel®
Hyper- all other Intel® all other Intel® processor processor processor D processor D processor D processor D processor
Pentium® 4
Threading System Bus System Bus
processor
Technology, Pentium® Pentium®
Intel® processors processors
Pentium® 4
processor
supporting
Hyper-
Threading
Technology

Optimized Optimized Optimized Supports Optimized

Hyper-Threading Optimized for Optimized for Optimized for Optimized for Optimized for Optimized for Optimized for Optimized for Optimized for Optimized for Optimized for
for HT for HT for HT HT for HT
Technology1 HT Technology HT Technology HT Technology HT Technology HT Technology HT Technology HT Technology HT Technology HT Technology HT Technology HT Technology
Technology Technology Technology Technology Technology

1066/800/533 1066/800/533 800/533 800/533/400 800/533/400 533/400 800/533/400

System Bus 1066/800 MHz 1066/800 MHz 800 MHz 800/533 MHz 800/533 MHz 800/533 MHz 800/533 MHz 800/533 MHz 533 MHz
MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz

LGA775 |
Processor LGA775 LGA775 LGA775 LGA775 LGA775 LGA775 LGA775 LGA775 LGA775 LGA775 mPGA478 mPGA478 mPGA478 mPGA478 mPGA478
FCPGA478

Number of
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Processors

MEMORY
875P 865G 865PE 865P 865GV
CONTROLLER 955X Chipset 945G Chipset 945P Chipset 925XE Chipset 925X Chipset 915G Chipset 915P Chipset 915GV Chipset 915GL Chipset 915PL Chipset 910GL Chipset
Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset
HUB

82915GL 82915GPL 82910GL 82875P 82865G 82865PE 82865P 82865G

MC Type 82955X MCH 82945G MCH 82945P MCH 82925XE MCH 82925X MCH 82915G GMCH 82915P MCH 82915G GMCH
GMCH GMCH GMCH MCH GMCH MCH MCH GMCH

1005 FC- 932 FC- 932 FC- 932 FC- 932 FC-
MC Package 1202 FC-BGA 1202 FC-BGA 1202 FC-BGA 1210 FC-BGA 1210 FC-BGA 1210 FC-BGA 1210 FC-BGA 1210 FC-BGA 1210 FC-BGA 1210 FC-BGA 1210 FC-BGA
BGA BGA BGA BGA BGA

875P 865G 865PE 865P 865GV

MEMORY 955X Chipset 945G Chipset 945P Chipset 925XE Chipset 925X Chipset 915G Chipset 915P Chipset 915GV Chipset 915GL Chipset 915PL Chipset 910GL Chipset
Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
2 DIMMs/2 2 DIMMs/2 2 DIMMs/2 2 DIMMs/2 2 DIMMs/2
Memory Modules DIMMs/channel, DIMMs/channel, DIMMs/channel, DIMMs/channel, DIMMs/channel, DIMMs/channel, DIMMs/channel, DIMMs/channel, DIMMs/channel, DIMMs/channel, DIMMs/channel,
channel channel channel channel channel
2 channels 2 channels 2 channels 2 channels 2 channels 2 channels 2 channels 2 channels 2 channels 2 channels 2 channels
 Dual- Dual- Dual- Dual- Dual-
Dual-Channel:, Dual-Channel:, Dual-Channel:,
Dual-Channel Dual-Channel Dual-Channel Dual-Channel:, Dual-Channel:, Dual-Channel:, Channel:, Channel:, Channel:, Channel:, Channel:,
Memory Type DDR2 533/400, DDR2 533/400, DDR2 533/400, DDR 400/333 DDR 400/333
DDR2 DDR2 DDR2 DDR2 533/400 DDR2 533/400 DDR 400/333 DDR DDR DDR DDR DDR
DDR 400/333 DDR 400/333 DDR 400/333
400/333/266 400/333/266 400/333/266 333/266 400/333/266

1066/DDR2- 800/400, 800/400, 800/400,

800/DDR2-533, 800/DDR2-533 800/DDR2-533
400, 800/400, 800/333, 800/333, 533/333, 800/333,
800/DDR2-400, 800/DDR2-400, 800/DDR2-400,
FSB/Memory 1066/DDR2- 800/DDR2-533, 533/DDR400, 800/333, 533/333, 533/333, 533/266, 533/333,
667/533 667/533/400 667/533/400 800/DDR400, 800/DDR2-400, 533/DDR400v, DDR400/333 DDR400/333
Configurations 533, 800/DDR2-400 533/DDR333 533/333, 533/266, 533/266, 400/333, 533/266,
533/DDR400v, 533/DDR400v, 533/DDR400,
800/DDR2-533, 533/266 400/333, 400/333, 400/266 400/333,
533/DDR400 533/DDR400 800/DDR2-400
800/DDR2-400 400/266 400/266 400/266

Max Memory 8 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 2 GB 2 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB

256 Mbit/512 256 Mbit/512 256 Mbit/512 256 Mbit/512 256 Mbit/512 256 Mbit/512 256 Mbit/512 256 Mbit/512 256 Mbit/512 256 Mbit/512 256 Mbit/512 512/256/128 512/256/128 512/256/128 512/256/128 512/256/128
Mbit Support
Mbit/1Gbit Mbit/1Gbit Mbit/1Gbit Mbit/1Gbit Mbit/1Gbit Mbit/1Gbit Mbit/1Gbit Mbit/1Gbit Mbit/1Gbit Mbit/1Gbit Mbit/1Gbit Mbit Mbit Mbit Mbit Mbit

ECC/Non-
Error Correction ECC N/A N/A Non-ECC ECC/Non-ECC Non-ECC Non-ECC Non-ECC Non-ECC Non-ECC Non-ECC Non-ECC Non-ECC Non-ECC Non-ECC
ECC

EXTERNAL 875P 865G 865PE 865P 865GV

955X Chipset 945G Chipset 945P Chipset 925XE Chipset 925X Chipset 915G Chipset 915P Chipset 915GV Chipset 915GL Chipset 915PL Chipset 910GL Chipset
GRAPHICS Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset

PCI Express PCI Express PCI Express PCI Express PCI Express PCI Express PCI Express PCI Express AGP8X AGP8X AGP8X AGP8X
EG Interface N/A N/A N/A N/A
x16 x16 x16 x16 x16 x16 x16 x16 (1.5V) (1.5V) (1.5V) (1.5V)

INTEGRATED 875P 865G 865PE 865P 865GV

955X Chipset 945G Chipset 945P Chipset 925XE Chipset 925X Chipset 915G Chipset 915P Chipset 915GV Chipset 915GL Chipset 915PL Chipset 910GL Chipset
GRAPHICS Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset

Intel® Graphics Intel® Graphics Intel® Graphics Intel® Graphics Intel® Graphics Intel® Intel®
IG Type N/A Media N/A N/A N/A Media N/A Media Media N/A Media N/A Extreme N/A N/A Extreme
Accelerator 950 Accelerator 900 Accelerator 900 Accelerator 900 Accelerator 900 Graphics 2 Graphics 2

Core Speed N/A 333 MHz N/A N/A N/A 333 MHz N/A 333 MHz 333 MHz N/A 333 MHz N/A 266 MHz N/A N/A 266 MHz
2
96MB if 96MB2 if
Dynamic Video Dynamic Video Dynamic Video Dynamic Video Dynamic Video >128MB >128MB
Max Dynamic Memory Memory Memory Memory Memory RAM RAM
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Video Memory Technology Technology Technology Technology Technology 32MB if 32MB if
(DVMT) 3.04 (DVMT) 3.04 (DVMT) 3.04 (DVMT) 3.04 (DVMT) 3.04 <=128MB <=128MB
RAM RAM

Zone Rendering Zone Rendering Zone Rendering Zone Rendering Zone Rendering
Zone Rendering N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Yes N/A N/A Yes
Technology 3 Technology 3 Technology 3 Technology 3 Technology 3

HDTV and LCD HDTV and LCD

350MHz 350MHz
widescreen HDTV and LCD widescreen HDTV and LCD HDTV and LCD HDTV and LCD
DAC DAC
Video Display N/A modes, N/A N/A widescreen modes, N/A widescreen widescreen N/A widescreen N/A N/A N/A
2x12bit 2x12bit
Dual display modes Dual display modes modes modes
DVO3 DVO3
option option

I/O
875P 865G 865PE 865P 865GV
CONTROLLER 955X Chipset 945G Chipset 945P Chipset 925XE Chipset 925X Chipset 915G Chipset 915P Chipset 915GV Chipset 915GL Chipset 915PL Chipset 910GL Chipset
Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset Chipset
HUB

Intel® ICH7 Intel® ICH7 Intel® ICH7 Intel® ICH6 Intel® ICH6 Intel® ICH6 Intel® ICH6 Intel® ICH6 Intel® ICH6 Intel® ICH6 Intel® ICH6
Intel® ICH5 ICH5 / Intel® ICH5 ICH5 / ICH5 /
IOC Type Family:, Family:, Family:, Family:, Family:, Family:, Family:, Family:, Family:, Family:, Family:,
/ ICH5R ICH5R / ICH5R ICH5R ICH5R
ICH7, ICH7R ICH7, ICH7R ICH7, ICH7R ICH6, ICH6R ICH6, ICH6R ICH6, ICH6R ICH6, ICH6R ICH6, ICH6R ICH6, ICH6R ICH6, ICH6R ICH6, ICH6R

ICH Package 652 mBGA 652 mBGA 652 mBGA 609 mBGA 609 mBGA 609 mBGA 609 mBGA 609 mBGA 609 mBGA 609 mBGA 609 mBGA 460 mBGA 460 mBGA 460 mBGA 460 mBGA 460 mBGA

PCI Express X PCI Express X PCI Express X (4) PCI Express (4) PCI Express (4) PCI Express (4) PCI Express (4) PCI Express (4) PCI Express (4) PCI Express (4) PCI Express
PCI Support PCI 2.3 PCI 2.3 PCI 2.3 PCI 2.3 PCI 2.3
(4 or 65) (4 or 65) (4 or 65) x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1

PCI Masters 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

SATA (3 SATA (3 SATA (3

Storage SATA 150/4, SATA 150/4, SATA 150/4, SATA 150/4, SATA 150/4, SATA 150/4, SATA 150/4, SATA 150/4,
Gbps)/4 Gbps)/4 Gbps)/4 SATA 150/2 SATA 150/2 SATA 150/2 SATA 150/2 SATA 150/2
Interface/Ports UDMA ATA100 UDMA ATA100 UDMA ATA100 UDMA ATA100 UDMA ATA100 UDMA ATA100 UDMA ATA100 UDMA ATA100
PATA/1 PATA/1 PATA/1

Intel® Matrix Intel® Matrix Intel® Matrix Intel® Matrix Intel® Matrix Intel® Matrix Intel® Matrix Intel® Matrix Intel® Matrix Intel® Matrix Intel® Matrix
Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage RAID RAID RAID RAID RAID
Technology Technology with Technology with Technology with Technology with Technology with Technology with Technology with Technology with Technology with Technology with Technology with w/ICH5R w/ICH5R w/ICH5R w/ICH5R w/ICH5R
ICH7R ICH7R ICH7R ICH6R ICH6R ICH6R ICH6R ICH6R ICH6R ICH6R ICH6R
 USB 8 ports, USB 8 ports, USB 8 ports, USB 8 ports, USB 8 ports, USB 8 ports, USB 8 ports, USB 8 ports, USB 8 ports, USB 8 ports, USB 8 ports, USB 8 ports, 8 ports, 8 ports, 8 ports, 8 ports,
Ports/Controllers 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 USB 2.0 USB 2.0 USB 2.0 USB 2.0 USB 2.0

LAN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

GbE Dedicated
No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Network

Intel® High Intel® High Intel® High Intel® High Intel® High Intel® High Intel® High Intel® High Intel® High Intel® High Intel® High
Definition Definition Definition Definition Definition Definition Definition Definition Definition Definition Definition
AC’97/20-bit AC’97/20-bit AC’97/20-bit AC’97/20-bit AC’97/20-bit
Audio Audio, Audio, Audio, Audio, Audio, Audio, Audio, Audio, Audio, Audio, Audio,
audio audio audio audio audio
AC’97/20-bit AC’97/20-bit AC’97/20-bit AC’97/20-bit AC’97/20-bit AC’97/20-bit AC’97/20-bit AC’97/20-bit AC’97/20-bit AC’97/20-bit AC’97/20-bit
audio audio audio audio audio audio audio audio audio audio audio

SMBus 2.0 / SMBus 2.0 / SMBus 2.0 / SMBus 2.0 / SMBus 2.0 / SMBus 2.0 / SMBus 2.0 / SMBus 2.0 / SMBus 2.0 / SMBus 2.0 / SMBus 2.0 / SMBus 2.0 / SMBus 2.0 / SMBus 2.0 / SMBus 2.0 / SMBus 2.0 /
I/O Management
GPIO GPIO GPIO GPIO GPIO GPIO GPIO GPIO GPIO GPIO GPIO GPIO GPIO GPIO GPIO GPIO

1
Hyper-Threading Technology requires a computer system with an Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor supporting Hyper-Threading Technology and a HT Technology enabled
chipset, BIOS and operating system. Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software you use. See http://www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading/ for
more information including details on which processors support HT Technology.
2
For the Intel® 865G and 865GV Chipsets, 96MB of Dynamic Video Memory with Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 Driver.
3
DVO = Intel® Digital Video Output Interface enables connection to TV or flat-panel displays.
4
Depends on total system memory, see Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) 3.0.
5
Six PCI Express* x1 device/peripheral support available when combined with the Intel® 82801GR (ICH7R) I/O controller only.
Intel® processors, chipsets and graphics products may contain design defects or errors known as errata which may cause the product to deviate from published
specifications. Current characterized errata are available on request.